Jonathan Flowers sets out the three things annual accounts need to provide assurance on, and says section 151 officers need to put more resources into securing councils’ financial future
A call has been made for an investigation into the issuing of Birmingham City Council’s section 114.
Councils are taking risks as they turn to technology to ease financial pressures, Audit Wales has...
Following the success of its 24-hour forums in the South and North of England The MJ’s first Futu...
The new Government has yet to make a decision on how it will fix local audit in the longer term, ...
Councils in Wales are not giving enough information to leaders about what their communities think...
Guy Clifton looks at the lessons from nearly 100 recent auditor’s annual reports and highlights t...
Heather Jameson talks to the new chief of CIPFA Owen Mapley about having hard things to say to t...
The new Government is to change its tone on local government intervention – with a possible push ...
Abandoned Conservative policies for fixing local government finance should remain on the table, t...
Weaknesses in councils’ financial sustainability and governance are increasing, according to evid...
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